Medicare hospital stays, charges and payments, 2024. Official US government data.
Medicare pays per stay
$120,703.94
2024
Average charge
$680,474.95
Hospital list price
Stays
3,589
212 hospitals
Medicare paid
$433.2M
For these stays
For DRG 004 (tracheostomy with mv >96 hours or principal diagnosis except face, mouth and neck withou), Medicare paid $120,703.94 per hospital stay on average in 2024. Hospitals charged $680,474.95 on average, and the total payment including the patient's share and other payers was $139,118.52. In 2023 Medicare paid $117,946.48.
3,589 Medicare stays were billed as DRG 004 at 212 hospitals in 2024, and Medicare paid $433.2M for them.
Among states with at least 50 stays, California had the highest average Medicare payment for DRG 004 ($183,742.96) and Arkansas the lowest ($60,734.64).
Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, NY had the most Medicare stays for DRG 004 in 2024: 70, with an average Medicare payment of $168,989.34.
2024
| Hospital | Stays | Average charge | Total payment | Medicare payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maimonides Medical Center Brooklyn, NY · Maimonides Medical Center | 70 | $771,407.69 | $186,536.59 | $168,989.34 |
| New York-Presbyterian Hospital New York, NY · New York Presbyterian Healthcare System | 56 | $1,667,319.52 | $291,017.86 | $245,728.21 |
| Adventhealth Orlando |
| State | Hospitals | Stays | Average charge | Medicare payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 28 | 631 | $879,114.65 | $168,350.84 |
| California | 22 | 352 | $1,305,849.18 | $183,742.96 |
| Florida | 18 | 299 | $612,876.60 | $87,075.22 |
| Texas | 15 | 279 |
All diagnosis groups: Medicare hospital stays by DRG.
Official US government data on Original Medicare hospital stays, published once a year. Hospitals with fewer than 11 stays in this group are not published. Total payment adds the patient's share and payments by other insurers to the Medicare payment.
| 49 |
| $663,043.39 |
| $108,053.24 |
| $79,357.80 |
| Mount Sinai Hospital New York, NY · Mount Sinai Health System | 42 | $1,122,394.33 | $259,972.38 | $202,399.90 |
| Methodist Hospital San Antonio, TX · HCA Healthcare | 41 | $900,669.24 | $78,691.98 | $68,980.68 |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles, CA · Cedars Sinai Health System | 36 | $2,172,667.14 | $208,771.64 | $192,078.94 |
| NYU Langone Hospitals New York, NY · NYU Langone Health | 35 | $1,156,313.23 | $210,830.54 | $188,575.14 |
| Methodist Hospitals of Memphis Memphis, TN · Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare | 32 | $284,458.19 | $78,398.38 | $71,389.59 |
| University of Mississippi Med Center Jackson, MS · The University of Mississippi Medical Center | 32 | $336,449.13 | $121,019.69 | $102,135.63 |
| Mount Sinai South Nassau Oceanside, NY · Mount Sinai Health System | 30 | $953,240.70 | $138,617.60 | $128,236.40 |
| Thomas Jefferson University Hospital Philadelphia, PA · Jefferson Health | 30 | $466,428.70 | $149,651.90 | $116,886.53 |
| Jackson Health System Miami, FL · Jackson Health System | 29 | $411,369.69 | $113,792.86 | $105,472.14 |
| Memorial Hermann Hospital System Houston, TX · Memorial Hermann Healthcare System | 29 | $346,701.14 | $83,297.66 | $77,428.52 |
| CHI St. Vincent Hospital Hot Springs Hot Springs, AR · CommonSpirit Health | 28 | $140,791.29 | $45,526.96 | $44,597.61 |
| Advocate Christ Hospital & Medical Center Oak Lawn, IL · Advocate Health Care | 27 | $486,432.85 | $147,584.07 | $113,307.30 |
| Christiana Hospital Newark, DE · ChristianaCare | 27 | $343,822.63 | $114,051.19 | $108,580.22 |
| Montefiore Medical Center Bronx, NY · Montefiore Medical Center | 27 | $1,114,430.59 | $223,090.96 | $159,871.11 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health | 26 | $763,400.85 | $181,357.35 | $141,065.77 |
| Memorial Hermann - Texas Medical Center Houston, TX · Memorial Hermann Healthcare System | 26 | $606,772.81 | $147,444.23 | $118,415.08 |
| Houston Methodist Hospital Houston, TX · Houston Methodist | 25 | $1,271,769.36 | $184,072.92 | $155,927.80 |
| Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, OH · Cleveland Clinic | 25 | $503,330.08 | $127,359.40 | $96,062.64 |
| Baptist Memorial Hospital Memphis, TN · Baptist Memorial Health Care Corporation | 24 | $335,196.58 | $77,170.25 | $71,747.75 |
| Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA · Mass General Brigham | 24 | $680,249.42 | $182,103.21 | $158,333.50 |
| UCSF Medical Center San Francisco, CA · University of California San Francisco | 23 | $1,399,287.87 | $272,143.48 | $246,560.35 |
| Flushing Hospital Medical Center Flushing, NY · Medisys Health Network | 23 | $228,962.30 | $154,624.48 | $143,279.57 |
| $682,383.05 |
| $95,259.75 |
| Pennsylvania | 10 | 163 | $904,614.33 | $123,202.18 |
| New Jersey | 10 | 152 | $702,628.72 | $114,282.06 |
| Georgia | 9 | 141 | $573,228.61 | $96,536.03 |
| Ohio | 8 | 135 | $464,535.91 | $90,763.60 |
| Tennessee | 6 | 118 | $375,026.99 | $74,238.82 |
| Illinois | 5 | 99 | $527,120.52 | $117,829.18 |
| South Carolina | 6 | 96 | $472,021.17 | $95,705.25 |
| North Carolina | 6 | 87 | $337,275.56 | $96,872.72 |
| Mississippi | 4 | 86 | $310,356.92 | $89,543.97 |
| Michigan | 6 | 86 | $385,979.74 | $99,013.19 |
| Maryland | 6 | 84 | $164,588.23 | $139,796.17 |
| Virginia | 5 | 73 | $638,878.48 | $113,420.25 |
| Arkansas | 4 | 70 | $232,382.06 | $60,734.64 |
| Massachusetts | 4 | 67 | $581,992.34 | $144,785.57 |
| Kentucky | 4 | 62 | $315,293.13 | $82,982.87 |
| Missouri | 5 | 62 | $395,617.00 | $105,591.45 |
| Nevada | 4 | 51 | $1,202,713.49 | $103,421.33 |
| Oklahoma | 3 | 43 | $413,043.77 | $75,094.58 |
| Arizona | 3 | 36 | $488,216.39 | $100,658.75 |
| Louisiana | 3 | 34 | $503,179.62 | $84,029.32 |
| Indiana | 2 | 34 | $386,192.38 | $88,156.88 |
| West Virginia | 2 | 33 | $338,866.91 | $82,200.73 |
| Alabama | 2 | 30 | $507,118.03 | $83,020.13 |
| Connecticut | 2 | 30 | $780,664.77 | $165,925.23 |
| District of Columbia | 2 | 28 | $544,147.46 | $128,684.86 |
| Colorado | 2 | 28 | $1,247,172.96 | $113,282.04 |
| Delaware | 1 | 27 | $343,822.63 | $108,580.22 |
| North Dakota | 1 | 23 | $332,658.83 | $101,189.70 |
| New Mexico | 1 | 14 | $253,723.64 | $115,480.64 |
| Wisconsin | 1 | 14 | $428,140.50 | $118,326.57 |
| Hawaii | 1 | 11 | $722,593.18 | $126,895.91 |
| Minnesota | 1 | 11 | $393,097.27 | $143,654.55 |